The purpose of the Clinical and Quality Affairs (CQA) Committee of BHNNY PPS is to facilitate and support the development of a high-performing integrated health care delivery system designed to improve access to timely, effective, efficient, quality and patient-centered system of care. Specifically, by year 2020, the CQA committee will support the transformation of the Medicaid health care delivery system across BHNNY PPS to:

Provide a community-based approach to care through the integration of services

Enhance patient experience and improve clinical outcomes

Reduce avoidable Emergency Department use and inpatient readmissions

Improve key population health measures

Reduce system-wide cost of care by transitioning to a Value-Based Payment system

Tara joined Albany Medical Center in August 2015. Previously, Tara was employed by Albany Medical Center Hospital as a Registered Professional Nurse, and after obtaining a Master's degree in 2009, joined Whitney M. Young Jr. Health Center as Manager of Clinical Systems. Tara has experience implementing the Patient Centered Medical Home model of care, population health management, care management/care coordination services, and EMR training/operations. As nurse manager, Tara is responsible for overseeing the implementation of care management/care coordination programs, supporting the transformation of primary care practices into Patient Centered Medical Homes, and overseeing effective implementation of clinical information systems.
Tara graduated from Russell Sage College with a bachelor's in science degree in nursing and a master's in science degree with a concentration in the Nurse Educator track from the Sage Colleges.